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Maybe they can cycle in new batteries occasionally? Although then you have all the old ones lying around all the time... do they have any way of getting stuff out?

If they can send stuff down, it seems logical that they can retrieve stuff as well.

They got a generator (or maybe it was an adapted piece of machinery?) running which they used to power their lights, though I'm not sure if it's set up to a generic plug.

As for the fat guy, earlier in the thread someone posted a link noting that two of the miners are obese. The wiki page on the situation mentioned that everyone is aware of this, and that diet and an exercise regimen were being worked out to help ensure everyone gets out of there. The escape hole will require the miners to have a waistline of 35 inches or less. As noted a couple of pages back, as a larger guy myself I find this idea terrifying. I imagine a fear of being left behind is a hell of a motivator to slim down (the page also said that the miners had lost like 12-20 pounds apiece).

Maybe they can cycle in new batteries occasionally? Although then you have all the old ones lying around all the time... do they have any way of getting stuff out?

If they can send stuff down, it seems logical that they can retrieve stuff as well.

They got a generator (or maybe it was an adapted piece of machinery?) running which they used to power their lights, though I'm not sure if it's set up to a generic plug.

As for the fat guy, earlier in the thread someone posted a link noting that two of the miners are obese. The wiki page on the situation mentioned that everyone is aware of this, and that diet and an exercise regimen were being worked out to help ensure everyone gets out of there. The escape hole will require the miners to have a waistline of 35 inches or less. As noted a couple of pages back, as a larger guy myself I find this idea terrifying. I imagine a fear of being left behind is a hell of a motivator to slim down (the page also said that the miners had lost like 12-20 pounds apiece).

There would be service cables running through the mine, but I've no doubt they would have been severed. The problem with generators is that they'll produce CO gas and if the space isn't ventilated well, there could be problems with that. I'm going down the hole in a little bit, I might take some photos of our refuge chambers and post them here.